{"product_id":"tchaikovskys-empire-simon-morrison-9780300284317","title":"Tchaikovsky's Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th century's most important musical figures.\"-Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street Journal \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this iconoclastic biography, celebrated author Simon Morrison re-creates Tchaikovsky's complex world. His life and art were framed by Russian national ambition, and his work was the emanation of an imperial subject: kaleidoscopic, capacious, cosmopolitan, decentred. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMorrison reexamines the relationship between Tchaikovsky's music, personal life, and politics; his support of Tsars Alexander II and III; and his engagement with the cultures of the imperial margins, in Ukraine, Poland, and the Caucasus. Tchaikovsky's Empire unsettles everything we thought we knew-and gives us a vivid new appreciation of Russia's most popular composer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon Morrison","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48572814033139,"sku":"9780300284317","price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780300284317.jpg?v=1771961620","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/tchaikovskys-empire-simon-morrison-9780300284317","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}